Assistant Professor Ori Sasson, an Israeli who lived here for eight years before becoming a citizen two-and-a-half years ago, chose older public housing as a place to go to gain better understanding of local culture and history. Poet and SMU's associate professor of literature Kirpal Singh said Depot Road, Hyderabad Road and Labrador Park should be visited because they have history and ?have gone through a lot of changes since World War II?.